A letter from Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs illustrates why GOP tax reform is probably doomed, and will disappoint if passed.
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Better our headaches than those of the autocrats
There is waning confidence in democratic governance, but it still have a resilience autocracies lack, as Saudi Arabia and China illustrate.
On occupational deregulation, watch Arizona
Nationally, the left is joining the right in seeing occupational licensing as excessively restrictive and locking out those trying to climb the lower rungs of the economic ladder. Arizona will be a place to watch to see if that matters.
House GOP tax plan has three big flaws
The House GOP tax plan broadens the tax base more than expected, but doesn’t produce the results that should buy.
A skeptical view of the Mueller investigation
Given his charge, you’d think Mueller’s first big splash would have something to do with Russian interference in the election. It wasn’t.
Taking Grijalva and his budget seriously
The budget resolution of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Grijalva co-chairs, shows where Democrats would lead the country if they regain power.
Senate budget resolution reveals dysfunction
A budget resolution shouldn’t be just a mechanism to avoid a filibuster, and shouldn’t be passed after the budget year has already begun.
I told Paul Ryan not to do this
A Democratic television ad against Martha McSally doesn’t even mention her. It’s all an attack against Ryan, who cast himself as the villain in our campaign melodrama by agreeing to become House Speaker.
On tax reform, liberals win Round One
GOP needs to decide if tax reform is about growth, or is bound by redistributionist constraints.
The left will re-elect Trump
The NFL flap illustrates how the left’s indiscriminate charges of racism will re-elect Trump.